az | 15 May 22:03

Re: Default collection class for unordered relations


> After looking over the 0.5 migration notes and seeing that implicit
> ordering is to be removed, it seems to me that it might make sense
> to change the default collection class for unordered relations from
> a list to a multiset.  This would reinforce that unless order_by is
> specified, one cannot rely on a collection having a particular
> order. I could see this as helpful in preventing bugs when
> switching between databases (e.g. from MySQL to PostgreSQL) with
> different default ordering behaviors.
mmh. between db's - maybe u're right. But the order will also change 
depending on current hash-values between 2 runs on otherwise same 
system... There's plenty of difficulties to get a repeatable flow for 
tests etc already.

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Gmane